Cal’s women’s volleyball team will head to the NCAA regional finals for a fourth straight year after defeating Minnesota 26-24, 25-23, 25-23 Friday at the University of Washington on Friday.

Carli Lloyd had 39 assists, seven blocks and five digs, Tarah Murrey (St. Mary’s High) had 10 kills and 38 assists, and Adrienne Gehan had 10 kills for the No. 7 seed Bears (28-3), who face Washington tonight at 8:30 in the Seattle Regional final. The Bears defeated the Huskies in both their Pac-10 matchups this season.

Senior Alex Klineman had 29 kills, seven digs and three aces as third-seeded Stanford (27-3) advanced to its third regional final in four years, beating Ohio State 25-21, 24-26, 25-19, 25-18 at the University of Dayton. Stanford faces USC in today’ Dayton Region final at 1 p.m.

Men’s basketball

Santa Clara 67, San Jose State 63: Kevin Foster scored 21 of his 26 points in the second half, including the go-ahead basket with 26 seconds left, and the Broncos (5-4) ended a three-game losing streak by beating the host Spartans. Evan Rocquemore added 14 points for Santa Clara. Adrian Oliver scored 26 points to lead San Jose State (5-3), which has lost three of five after starting the season with three consecutive wins. Justin Graham added 16 points.

Football

Hawaii is joining the Mountain West Conference for football and the Big West in other sports, abandoning the Western Athletic Conference after 32 years. Hawaii will make the move in 2012, following Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State to the MWC. The four schools represent the top football programs in the WAC.

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says he is not getting ready to interview for Miami’s head coaching job. Pelini and Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne issued a joint statement denying rumors that Pelini could be a candidate for the Hurricanes job.

Men’s soccer

Cal defender A.J. Soares, goalkeeper David Bingham (California High) and forward Davis Paul were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I All-America teams.

Women’s soccer

Stanford forward Christen Press and Cal forward Alex Morgan are two of three finalists for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, emblematic of the best collegiate women’s soccer player in the country, which will be named on Jan. 7.

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